Back to the events prior to this....

Fire Nation ships out to sea of an island were providing supporting fire for Elementia-Republic forces driving an army of droids out. The droids were concentrated in a five square mile, pork chop shaped piece of land with a huge mountain on the southern edge that was the outermost island on the Fire Nation archipelago. A droid army had fought it's way down there to establish a bridgehead for any further droids forces in the area. The plan was to take Elementia starting from the island and by doing so take the planet for the Separatist's and gain access to valuable, hyperspace lanes.

Sadly, these droids didn't remember anything. If there's one thing an Elementian doesn't like, it's when your home planet is under attack and your the Avatar.

And so the job fell onto the Third Systems Army to take the droids out, along with a detachment of the Fire Nation Home Guard, providing ships and soldiers for the Republic army.

The Republic forces consisted of two cruisers and some fighter support, and gunships filled with clone troopers and four well known Jedi. Fire Nation soldiers had already established a beach head and were suing their tanks for short range bombardment of droid positions in the front. Squads of Fire Nation soldiers cleared the beaches of any droids in the area, incinerating, stabbing, or disemboweling them.

The gunships landed and clone troopers ran onto the beach to take out any droids. Taran walked out of a gunship with Ahsoka and Cody. Anakin, Obi-Wan, and others were further down the line. Fighters and bombers gave air support along with bombardments by the Fire Nation ironclad ships and Republic cruisers in the lower atmosphere. The droids were taking a pounding, but were still deeply entrenched on the island.

"Avatar Taran, it is very good you've come. Our forces have been fighting for two days straight now, trying to drive the droids off the island and back into space. so far no luck," said Admiral Jung, the leader of the Fire Nation Army.

"Well it's good we came when we did. Where are droid forces concentrated at?" said Taran.

"Right now we have a detachment of Firebenders holding Mt. Roku. They've been beseiged without food or supplies, and their having trouble holding long enough for us to get there. The rest of the island besides the beach is in droid hands, the tin cans holding a village in the middle of the island," said Jung.

"Thank you Admiral. Cody, get the tanks to that mountain ASAP, and get some squads to push inland towards the village. Me and Ahsoka will scout ahead and provide some cover for you," said Taran.

"Got it sir," said Cody. Taran and Ahsoka ran towards the action about one hundred yards from the beach head. Her Fire Nation tanks were slugging it out with some AAT's and droids in pillboxes with rapid firing blaster guns. Taran and Ahsoka rushed in to engage them. Taran jumped on top of a Fire Nation tank and deflected shots from the AAT from destroying it while the Firebender in the tank launched fireball after fireball at the tanks, melting huge holes into them. Ahsoka immediately ran towards the battle droids in a trench and begin hacking them to pieces.

Droid reinforcements immediately to the area. An AAT fired a round into a Fire Nation tank, destroying it and sending it careening away. Danny jumped off the tank he was on stomped on the ground when he landed, causing a rock slide to race towards the droid reinforcements and destroying them when pillars of rocks erupted from the ground. The droids that Ahsoka was taking care of were trying to make a run for it, but they might as well have been running from an incoming blaster round. Ahsoka slashed and cut them down. The remaining Fire Nation tanks, seeing that the two Jedi were handling things well, wheeled around towards other areas of combat on the island.

A crab droid came racing towards them. This wasn't any regular kind of crab droid. It was ten feet tall, with huge pincers. It shot forward towards the two Jedi and shot at them with it's twin blasters. Taran and Ahsoka deflected them back at it, but the droid used it's front two pincers to defend itself, and since the legs were armorplast the bolts did nothing but leave scorch marks.

"This tinnie is going to be hard to take down," said Ahsoka.

"Tell me about it," said Taran. He jumped in the air and launched a huge fireball at the crab droid. The droid took cover behind it's two pincers. The fireball collided into them with such force it sent dust into the air. Taran landed on the ground, believing the droid to be finished. To his surprise the crab droid hopped out of the smoke and swiped him away with one of it's front pincers. Taran hit the ground ten feet away, dazed. The droid swiped at Ahsoka, but she jumped into the air using the Force and landed on the back of the droid.

The droid shook itself, jumped up, and did everything it could to get Ahsoka off it's back. Ahsoka hung onto it as best she could. A little rodeo was taking place on the battlefield. When the crab droid bucked up Ahsoka let go and she flew into the air, did a front-flip, activated her lightsaber, and sliced the droid in half when she came down to the ground. The droid fizzed out sparks from it's two separate ends and it shut off, permanently.

"And that's how you defeat a crab droid," said Ahsoka, helping Taran up to his feet.

"Thanks a million," said Taran.

"Don't mention it. Come on, we've got a battle to fight," said Ahsoka.


The battle was now swinging in favor of the Elementia-Republic forces. It was mid-afternoon and nearly the entire island was taken by them. The droids were holding out in two toeholds at the northern tip of the island and around the mountainside. They were putting up one hack of a fight, pinning down many units and sending fighters and bombers away from the area as well. Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Rex were fighting along that ridge.

"The clankers are pinning us down from that ridge. They got heavy guns and flak, and they have tanks for fire support. Our fighters can't get through and our tanks are too easy a target for them," said Rex.

"Do we have walkers?" said Obi-Wan whilst deflecting incoming laser fire.

"Yes sir. We have two dozens AT-RT's on standby," said Rex.

"Good. Send them in. Hopefull they're fast enough to not get hit by the tanks," said Obi-Wan.

"Squad Seven, move to the mountain," said Rex via comlink. A few minutes later, twenty-four walkers rushed in from the beach and made a dash for the droid line. Three of them were immediately destroyed, but the rest got through and made havoc on the droid tanks and soldiers.

"Charge!" yelled Anakin. The clones and Fire Nation troops rushed towards the droid positions. Many fell from the return fire, but the majority of them made it and engaged the droid forces in close-quarters combat. Anakin and Obi-Wan were in the middle of the fight, hacking and slashing away at droids left and right. An AAT came up from behind them and was about to blast them to pieces. Two Firebenders teamed up and combined their power together. They shot a jet of flame toward a point in front of them, and once enough energy and power was made, they sent an enormous fireball at the tank that melted it on the spot. Obi-Wan and Anakin saluted to the two Firebenders and continued their fight.

Rex led a two squads of clones and Fire Nation soldiers to take out the pillboxes. They took cover behind a rock in front of the pillbox, the battle droids in the pillbox not even knowing they were there and continued shooting at the enemy soldiers.

"Poppers," said Rex. Two clones got out an EMP grenade and lobbed them at the pillbox emplacement. The droids didn't even know that the grenades were in there and they were deactivated when the two grenades went off. The droids that weren't hit made a run for it, but Rex and the soldiers got them with aimed shots from their DC-15's.

Meanwhile at the northern ridge the last battle droids were being took out. Ahsoka and Taran were busily taking them out. An SBD came up directly in front of Ahsoka, but Taran gave a swing of his lightsaber and the droid went down, sawed in half.

"And stay down," said Taran. Once that droid was taken out the fight at the northern ridge was over.

"Master, we've taken out the droids on this sector of the island. How is it over there?" said Taran into his comlink.

"Good. We're nearly done over here. Has Cody taken the village yet?" said Obi-Wan.

"Yes. He took it thirty minutes ago. Right now the only action is your zone," said Taran.

"Okay. Link with us at the village then," said Obi-Wan.

"Acknowledged," said Taran.

"So, what's your count?" said Ahsoka.

"Come on, I already know you beat me," said Taran.

"How's that?" said Ahsoka.

"The crab droid, the three bunkers, and six pillboxes," said Taran.

"Oh. So that's about seventy-five then," said Ahsoka.

"Yep, you beat me," said Taran.

"Better luck next time," said Ahsoka. They calmly headed towards the village in the center of the island whilst military men and supplies rushed back and forth from points to resupply and link up.

At the base of the mountain the battle was over, the last droids either shot down, melted, or otherwise cut to pieces.

"Sir, incoming message form Fire Nation command," said Rex. A hologram came on on Obi-Wan's scanner, giving him the view of Admiral Jung.

"General, thank you for you and your mens help in repelling the droid forces," said Jung.

"You're most welcome Admiral. We're making rounds around the mountain to make sure there's no more droids in the area," said Obi-Wan.

"Make sure you do it before night," said the Admiral.

"Why's that?" said Obi-Wan.

"You don't the legend of Mt. Roku?" said Jung.

"No. Is it bad?" said Obi-Wan.

"I think one of the village elders should tell you. Admiral Jung out," said Jung. The hologram faded out.

"What was that all about?" said Anakin.

"I don't know, but it's probably not good. Rex, have our men finish patrol by nightfall. We'll all link up at the village to resupply before we head off planet," said Obi-Wan.

"Yes sir," said Rex.


Around nightfall the two forces were around the village, the Fire Nation soldiers staying away as far from the mountain as possible for some strange reason. In the village the citizens there were still recovering front the battle that had just taken place. The village elders held a banquet for the leaders of the Republic forces, believing that the droids were finished. Little did they know was that two battle droids were still active and in the inside of the cave.

"Thank goodness there was an opening in this mountain," said one of the droids. For now we'll call them Droid #1 and Droid #2.

"Yeah. We almost got killed today," said #2.

"I wonder why those fire heads didn't follow us in here?" said #1.

"Don't know," said #1. The two droids walked down a seemingly endless tunnel, not knowing what it was that the tunnel held in store for them. As they walked #1 thpught he heard something.

"What was that?" he said.

"I didn't hear anything," said #2. "Keep walking." Guns still held in their metallic clutches they trudged through the endless maze of the tunnels, not knowing they were being pursued by something. They came to an intersection where a statue of something stood.

"What is that?" said #1.

"It looks like some sort of altar. I wonder who put it here?" said #1. He processors told him that #2 wasn't answering for some reason.

"2, where are you?" said #1. He looked around to see that 2's gun was lying on the ground, the gun rocking a bit, meaning that someone or something had ambushed 2. 1 heard something clatter in a tunnel ahead of him.

"Who's there?" said #1. He could tell that something was coming towards him and he readied his blaster to fire. He shot straight ahead into the tunnel, his fingers pulling the trigger as fast as he mechanically could. He stopped after about ten rounds. Nothing came from the tunnel ahead and he thought that whatever it was he had killed it.

"Got it," said #1. Little did he know was that whatever he was shooting at wasn't dead, and worse it was coming from behind him. 1 didn't even have time to register what was going on when four hairy legs shot out from behind him and pulled him away, his metallic voice screaming and his gun clattering to the ground. After a few moments, the screaming stopped and a screeching kind of roar echoed through the tunnels.